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Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint

by The Lovely Sparrows

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Chemicals Change 03:01
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Flowers Will Bloom 03:12
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The War Has Seen the Best of Me 04:09
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Attention Disorder Kid 04:05
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Let's Watch the Tourists 04:36
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Austin’s the Lovely Sparrows blend lush, complex arrangements with sing-along choruses that bring to mind glorious folk-inflected pop and well-written novellas. Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint captures the gorgeous melodies and warm, organic maladies of lead Sparrow Shawn Jones. Friends as well as former, current and occasional members of the band contributed their talents to flesh out Jones’ songs of heartbreak, blunted resolve, and shimmering resignation. Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint was recorded both at Jones’ home and at Jesse’s Bed & Breakfast, a makeshift recording studio and erstwhile live music venue which quietly hosts much of Austin’s burgeoning underground pop and folk community.

“It might strike you as a bit odd, but [‘Chemicals Change’] feels like how my mind imagines Jose Gonzalez covering an as-yet-unwritten Wolf Parade song. It’s very folksy and laid back, but at the same time there’s a level of energy and passion contained within the lyrics that manages to poke out through the restrained presentation.” - You Ain’t No Picasso

“Indie pop this fine deserves to be heard by all who listen to music—do we expect anything less from the great music town of Austin?” – Smother.net

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released October 10, 2006

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The Lovely Sparrows Austin, Texas

The long awaited second LP Shake the Shadow arrives November 16th on Abandoned Love Records, after an extended hibernation. Once again, Jones asks: “is there any real magic?”

Images of reclusive animals, the Church of the Night, and the neon carnival glow of impossible highways- are all woven between rich, orchestrated sound collages for a looser album that breathes now, more than ever. ... more

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